The agency, along with Customs and Border Protection, has deployed agents over the past few months to multiple areas as part of the crackdown, most recently to Minnesota in an operation that resulted in agents fatally shooting American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

US President Donald Trump threatened to use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide security at US airports, amid an ongoing budget standoff that has left security personnel unpaid.

TSA officers have called in sick in recent weeks as pay cheques have dried up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TSA officers have called in sick in recent weeks as pay cheques have dried up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.